Folk music

There’s still hip-hop, country, and pop radio, of course, but these are waning formats, as streaming has outgrown radio in terms of listenership, and streaming, rather unlike radio, has a way of collapsing all artists, fan bases, and subcultures into singular platforms. Modern artists furthermore take an expansive view of their own musical forms. P... See more

While there seems to be an element of universality across cultures, the degree of familiarity with Western music strengthened the emotional associations. In other words, culture and context influence, reinforce, or even change that perception of emotion.